7 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Over the past few months, staff at the Mercy Hospital Foundation contacted hundreds of households across Cork City and County asking them to support the charity’s Annual Raffle which raised €38,000 which will be used to upgrade the Mercy University Hospital to make it more dementia-friendly. The raffle... Read More
7 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A specially curated Schools and Family Programme is in the spotlight for Cork Film Festival 2017. Taking place over 10 days from 10-19 November, this year’s festival is packed with cinema events aimed at young audiences. For full details and tickets visit corkfilmfest.org or the Cork Film Festival Box Office... Read More
6 November 2017 By Mary Bermimgham mary@TheCork.ie Cork Science Festival and Happenings have teamed to present one of the most exhilarating sci-fi / action films of the 90’s – The Matrix (1998) – on Friday 10 November at 8pm in St Luke’s, Cork City. The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker (Keanu Reeves)... Read More
3 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork Airport growth of +4% versus October last year Nearly 200,000 passengers travelled through Cork Airport in October Growth comes despite disruptions caused as a result of Storms Ophelia and Brian Cork Airport has welcomed a 4 per cent increase in passenger numbers in October compared to the... Read More
3 November 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie University College Cork (UCC) is lucky to have two art galleries, indeed three at a push. The Glucksman Building– a dedicated building on the lower grounds The Jennings Gallery – located on a quiet corridor in the Brookfield Medical Campus on College Road. The Jennings name comes from... Read More
2 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Network Cork, the Cork branch of Network Ireland, will host an exciting event with astronaut-in-training Dr Niamh Shaw on Thursday 9 November in Griffith College Cork. Dr Niamh Shaw, engineer, scientist and performer, is passionate about awakening people’s curiosity, merging performance & theatre with communication, engineering, science, art... Read More
2 November 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: A Musical Miscellany at the Freemasons’ Hall Why: Fundraiser in aid of Cork International Choral Festival, Advocates for Victims of Homicide and Edel House When: Saturday 18th November, 7pm Where: Freemasons’ Hall, Tuckey Street, Cork City Easily Cork city’s most atmospheric room and, in its 247th year,... Read More
28 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork’s English Market is accepting applications for the long-term lease of two units in the market. The rare availability of such units will give new vendors the opportunity to be part of one of the most famous markets in the world and help breathe a breath of fresh... Read More
27 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Piano Bar @ Rachel’s is Cork’s newest jazz venue Exciting line up and jazz cuisine The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has a new dedicated Jazz venue for its 2017 event. Rachel’s Restaurant and Piano Bar will host one of the Festival’s most exciting line-ups of performers and musicians this... Read More
26 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Students from the College of Medicine and Health graduated at the UCC Autumn conferring ceremonies this week. Cork Photographer Gerard McCarthy was there.
26 October 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie On the Hemline is a brand new Cork drama commissioned by RTÉ and Northern Ireland Screen for the new season of Storyland, the award-winning commissioning project that gives emerging Irish drama talent an opportunity to make original programmes, viewable to a global audience on RTÉ Player. The new... Read More
26 October 2017 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Labour Party Representative* in Cork Peter Horgan has urged private property owners to check the status of trees on their property following Storms Ophelia and Brian. “The work of the emergency services and City Council staff in responding and clearing up tree incidents was second to none,” said... Read More